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Re: Re: Debugging help for fork failure: resource temporarily unavailable

On 2:59 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
On 15/03/2011 13:53, Ryan Johnson wrote:
All of this assumes Windows is consistent in choosing locations when conflicts
It's assumed that CreateProcess() produces the same layout, yes.
This assumption is due to what?
- Documented Windows feature?
- An observation which holds in spite of tests/abuse which try to exercise corner cases?
- A wish which comes true often enough to get by in most cases?

I suggest you read how-startup-shutdown-works.txt and then observe that
dll_list:alloc() is called by dll_dllcrt0_1()
Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell much about fork(), nor does it make clear when memory for dependent dlls is assigned. The loader calls dependent dllmains right before entering the . owner's dllmain, but that doesn't say when the address space is reserved. There's the complexity of deferred vs. immediate dllmain calls as well.

I look forward to reading your patches :-)
I think it's still rather premature to be cooking up a patch, unfortunately -- I'm not convinced I know yet where the real problem lies. Without some data to back up my speculation (which seems hard to come by), any patch I might write would have a high probability of joining other accumulated band-aids such as reserve_upto().

Open questions (for my ignorant self, at least) include:
- Does Windows always load a given dll at the same address when its base address is already occupied?
- Does fork() always load DLLs in the same order that the parent loaded them? This would probably be helpful to know even in cases where no error arises, because it's a necessary precursor to fork failures, and the code seems to assume it's true.
- Is it ever possible for fork() to unload BLODA dlls?
- Do injected dlls arrive before or after statically-linked dlls? Or can it be either one?
- At fork time, does cygwin mogrify some generic child process to look like the parent, or is the child another "normal" run of the parent's executable image followed by plastic surgery to make heap, stack, etc. match? I had been assuming the former, but should probably ask.

If if statically-linked dlls ever need to be loaded manually by fork(), and injected dlls arrive after statically-linked ones, then that might explain BLODA right there: If static.dll and bloda.dll both have the same base address, and dll injection occurs after statically-linked dlls, and fork() ever needs to load static.dll manually, then that would be (at least one) way bloda can arise.

Is there any way to have cygwin report dlls, base addresses, and windows-assigned addresses for dlls when a fork fails?

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One Finger

You are focusing your attention on one finger.
A lady character in Beardsley’s drawing appears.
She passes through a vacuum chamber.
The person, made only of nerves, becoems stagnated in the air.
She then acquires a third dimension.
It looks like a diamond, which holds an image of a bird inside.
This bird is an abstract bird.
Out of the abstract bird, a peacock appears.
(It has a long tail and colorful feathers.
Rough feathers on its hips; its knees are shaking,
its crest feathers are also shaking.
It is aware of clouds above its shoulders.
It is also aware of cosmic rays reaching it.)

The peacock is then transformed into a stuffed snipe.
The snipe bird takes two steps.
Out of this, Beardsley’s lady again appears.
She withdraws focusing her attention on the nerves of her fingertips.
The body retreats led by the nerves of her fingertips.


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ECDA publishes questions to Commissioners designates ahead of upcoming hearings in EP

With the upcoming hearings of the Commissioners designates, the EU is at a crucial time-point to ensure that it adequately addresses the many challenges  posed by the alarming rise in chronic diseases which affects more than a third of the population of Europe – over 100 million citizens.

ECDA has therefore drafted a series of questions to the Commissioners designates that cover  a broad range of policy issues linked to the primary and secondary prevention related to chronic diseases and their common risk factors - tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, and environmental factors.

ECDA questions are available here and are grouped according to the EP Committees' competences (ENVI, ITRE, INTA, ECON, LIBE).


An analysis of the principles of others

Why did I agree to go to that party? Textures are often implied. In describing a shelf or desk, I might describe items on the left first, then move gradually toward the right. Peretti recognized the first principles of online popularity and used them to take a new approach to journalism.

Analogies are beneficial; they make complex problems easier to communicate and increase understanding. Give people the chance to engage.

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As Hacker herself says, these patterns are "sometimes called methods of development. Typical transitions would include more important, most difficult, still harder, by far the most expensive, even more damaging, worse yet, and so on. Culture and cause: American and Chinese attributions for social and physical events.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing. Do comprehensive beta tests of your products over a long period of time to allow adequate adjustments before "freezing" your product for the final manufacturing stage.

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There is no magic in the nightblade's repertoire more useful than the spell of instant translocation. Over time, its casting becomes almost a matter of reflex: one is HERE, and then, by an act of will, one is THERE. In fact, to the experienced practitioner, translocation becomes so routine that one almost forgets how difficult it was at first to learn. It is traditional to refer to this magical art as "stepping through shadows," and indeed, the key to its mastery is the ability to "peer sidewise" and perceive the shadows cast by each entity and object in the Aurbis.

These are not, of course, the literal shadows cast by the blockage of light by an opaque object, but the emanation of the limen each object possesses—the depth-impression its existence makes in the local reality of the Mundus. This requires learning to focus the hyperagonal sense through which the practitioner perceives the flow of magicka. Once the nightblade can "feel" local transpontine deformation, it becomes almost trivial to make the transliminal saltation to any point within range.


An empowered learner knows three things: that he or she is competent,
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Too often there is a lack of opportunity for meaningful learning
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Through four companies Hyperloop, Tesla Motors, SolarCity and SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk is trying to revolutionize transportation.

A government official reportedly gave Elon Musk the nod for a hyperloop route from New York City to Washington D.C. — with a stop in Baltimore along the way — and the media networks are lighting up over the potential for vast transportation improvements, not to mention national security implications. But is it even possible?

As a former director on the White House National Security Council and current leader of a hyperloop development organization, I believe the technology is nearly there. But developers will still be challenged by political will; access to key nodes, such as maritime ports; and design standardization.

For example, we have seen the reinvention of new technologies in the past decade in ways and at speeds never imagined — robotics, 3D printing (even food printing), autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence to name a few. They are high-tech harbingers for what can happen in the high-speed transportation area.

The XYZ 3-D food printer, shown at CES in Las Vegas, enables professional bakers and at-home cooks to create three-dimensional design for icing decorations and cookies.

But whether the many emerging tube and hyperloop companies across the globe will be willing to coordinate, collaborate and integrate to forge the consensus and "sharing economy" necessary to reinvent transportation for the public good remains to be seen. This community of competitors — including Hyperloop One, Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies (ET3), Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), Arrivo, Hyperloop Holding Corporation (HHC), SpaceX, Loop Global and TransPod — could instead conduct their businesses independently as the railroads did 200 years ago.

The rail industry offers a painful lesson: Trains are operated in a slow, costly and environmentally inefficient manner, and only 55 percent of the rail gauge is standardized globally to this day. We must do better in the development of high-speed tube transportation in the 21st century. This isn't just about building new products, it is a disruptive technology that will require more than a government official giving a wealthy futurist the thumbs up during a meeting inside the Capital Beltway.

Tesla founder Elon Musk announced on Thursday that he has received "verbal govt approval" to build an underground rail line from New York to Washington, with stops in Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Like the interstate highway system, which was envisioned, designed and constructed during the Eisenhower administration, it will require empowered senior political leaders and commercial investors who understand this is about even more than transportation infrastructure and speedy trains.

Think about the dramatic leap in transportation technology and innovation from horse and buggy to automobiles, rail and manned flight, and advancing from sailing square riggers to the era of steam-powered ships. All this took place in the 100 years between 1803 and 1903. In the 114 years since then we have improved those forms of transportation with design and engineering enhancements, but it is now time for a major breakthrough that adds an entirely new capability.

The most compelling feature of high-speed tube transportation is its ability to transport goods and passengers to their destinations more quickly while relieving congested roads, railways, rivers, ports and runways, thereby bringing accelerated green, safe transport to a complex interconnected supply chain — infusing a new level of resilience and growth to our fragile economy. But it's actually more than that.

Tube transportation has the potential to propel U.S. strategic advantage well beyond our peer competitors in the international threat environment and in asserting homeland security. To draw from the armed forces, consider the 1950s when the unique potential of tactical nuclear weapons made the U.S. an unrivaled super power in a world of dangerous threats, and catalyzed peace because of military and technological advantage.

Hyperloop will improve transportation and national security

And consider the early 1990s when the world watched on CNN as precision-guided conventional weapons were launched down range during Gulf War in the Middle East with previously-unachievable pinpoint accuracy? That was another technological breakthrough that conveyed significant advantage in force projection and was a strategic deterrent.

Hyperloop technology can have a similar positive impact in the hands of a peaceful superpower by offering economic stability and national security advantages in the 21st century. This is accomplished by the rapid transport of goods and services, which strengthens supply chain networks, and complex interconnected critical infrastructure sectors that thrive on speedy conveyances and systemic resilience.

As we learned during the Cold War, peace through strength can be achieved through technological superiority. In this case, intermodal imagination is a strategic advantage because it offers the ability to move resources, people, medical supplies and sensitive material to key locations in minutes versus hours, and hours versus days; thereby sustaining local and regional economies in the face of natural or man-made disasters.

But the excitement in the technology can only be translated into improvements in transportation and national security if we forge a consensus among political leaders and hyperloop companies. We must join forces and integrate designs for the good of the nation.

Dane Egli (daneegli@msn.com) is a former National Security Council director for the Bush White House, current president of Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP) and author of the book, "Strengthening Homeland Security and Disaster Management to Achieve Resilience."


Vatican in North Korea INTERVENTION: Pope Francis to TALK to Kim Jong to avert World War 3

NORTH Korea is set for a World War 3 showdown with an unlikely source: Pope Francis.

’s leader has faced opposition to his reckless nuclear programme in countries across the globe - now including the world’s smallest.

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un may receive a surprising phone call from Pope Francis

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The Vatican City has urged Donald Trump to seek dialogue with North Korea

We are exploring the possibilities of speaking to them directly

Cardinal Turkson

The wheels were already in motion for an unlikely phone call between Pope Francis and Kim, he said.

Cardinal Turkson said: “The dicastery is already in communication with the Korean episcopal conference to see how we may have contact also with the regime on the other side.

“We are exploring the possibilities of speaking to them directly. We cannot say right now exactly when this contact will happen.”

The Vatican does not have diplomatic relations with North Korea, which is top of the list of states in which Christians are persecuted.

Cardinal Turkson had previously urged US leader Donald Trump to end his sabre-rattling and to push for dialogue with Kim instead.

He said last week dialogue was necessary for the “common good” - although he did not explicitly reference North Korea.

Speaking to an audience of UN and NATO officials last Friday, Cardinal Turkson said: "Growing inter-dependence means that any response to the threat of nuclear weapons should be collective and consultative, based on mutual trust.

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Christians are persecuted in North Korea more than in any other country

"Such dialogue, as far as possible, should include all. Avoiding conflicts and building bridges - this should be the principle aim of an efficacious, collective and consultative response.”

Despite not mentioning North Korea during his address, he left little to the imagination - even giving Mr Trump a little extra nudge in case he missed the clues.

READ MORE: Will there be war between USA and North Korea?

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A pastor at a 'show church' in North Korea, intended to convince foreigners of religious tolerance

Mr Turkson said: “These are complex and uncertain times.

“By the way, when we planned this conference, we did not know that President Trump would be in the Far East. It just happens to be a happy coincidence.

“I guess it has to do with divine providence."

READ MORE: North Korea facts

North Korea is home to up to 500,000 Christians who are forced to worship in secret due to a bloody crackdown. In the hermit state, only the Kim dynasty leaders are allowed to be worshipped.

Open Doors, an international Christian watchdog, places North Korea at the top of the list in terms of persecution.

As many as half of all believers in the state are believed to be in prison or labour camps.


What is Your Cough Telling You?

Coughing is the body’s natural cleansing process for the airways. Coughs are classified by being either wet or dry, identifying which type of cough you have may provide treatment options that could help you get better sooner.

Wet Cough

A wet cough, or productive cough, clears the mucus (phlegm) from the airways. A wet cough often accompanies two types of ailments – the common cold and bronchitis. Respiratory infections, heart conditions, allergies, and other diseases may also be associated with a wet cough.  The symptoms that accompany these ailments will help you identify which you may be suffering from.

The common cold is caused by more than 200 contagious viruses. The most common virus that causes the cold is the rhinovirus. Colds can last average 2 to 14 days, but symptoms usually subside within 10. To treat a cold, you may be prescribed an expectorant, which can help you “cough up”, or expel, the mucus from the airways. Although, many patients believe that taking an antibiotic for a cold will help, it is simply not the case. As colds are caused by viruses and antibiotics treat bacterial infection, antibiotics simply do not work.

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes, which carry air in and out of your lungs. There is usually a precursor to bronchitis, such as a cold or respiratory infection. Bronchitis can be identified by shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, and wheezing when breathing in and out. The mucus you cough up is thick with a yellowish color. Bronchitis only lasts a few days, but the cough that is associated with it can sometimes last for a few weeks.

Dry Cough

A dry cough, or “hacking” cough, is called so because it does not produce mucus. These coughs are not contagious and are commonly associated with allergies or asthma and can include sneezing, watery eyes and mild wheezing. Asthma, which also produces a dry cough, will also have tightness in the chest and shortness of breath. The dry cough is caused by the narrowing of the airways due to inflammation from outside irritants such as strong fragrance, air pollution or high pollen count. However, left untreated, it could worsen. Antihistamines, nasal steroids, decongestants or avoidance can help relieve the symptoms of a dry cough.

If your cough lasts more than a few days, it is best to see your doctor right away.

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Brainwaves, or neural oscillations, share the fundamental constituents with acoustic and optical waves, including frequency, amplitude and periodicity. Consequently, Huygens' discovery precipitated inquiry[citation needed] into whether or not the synchronous electrical activity of cortical neural ensembles might not only alter in response to external acoustic or optical stimuli but also entrain or synchronize their frequency to that of a specific stimulus.[16][17][18][19]

Theta brainwaves in the frequency range of 6 to 9 hertz are known as thalpha waves because of their proximity to alpha waves. They are seen during states of high suggestibility, during hypnosis, and during paranormal experience and are also connected to an increase in human growth hormone (HGH) levels and higher blood flow to the brain. Theta brainwaves sit between the realms of the subconscious and conscious mind, making them an especially useful brainwave state for developing creative thinking, working through emotional problems, and integrating subconscious and conscious experience.
Mood: While brainwave entrainment may not be a great option for depression, particularly in the slower frequency ranges, beta entrainment may improve certain measures of mood. Additionally it is important to consider the fact that many people experience detrimental changes in mood as a result of heightened stress and anxiety. Since brainwave entrainment has been shown to improve stress and relaxation, overstressed individuals may experience a simultaneous mood improvement.
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So discovering the field of Brainwave Entrainment is very exciting and promising. However intriguing, there are a few things that make me a bit sceptical towards it. F.i. I’m not too keen on having to rely on any external stimuli, as (regular) meditation is one of the very few things where you are absolutely independent from anything external to make a change within, which to me makes it so special.

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Generally speaking, the brain will usually entrain to the strongest stimulus which would be isochronic tones over binaural beats. So when you see people add binaural beats at a different frequency to the isochronic tones, that would not produce additional brainwave entrainment at another frequency. If they are both at the same frequency I haven’t seen any research to indicate whether that would be beneficial or not, but my belief is that it would weaken the potential for entrainment. When you look at the waveform of an isochronic tone there is a distinct empty space between each beat, making it very pronounced and effective. When you add binaural beats at the same frequency it looks like this: http://www.mindamend.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/isochronic-tones-binaural-beats-combined-waveform.jpg. The depth of the waveform is now half as deep and less effective. This is before the binaural beats are formed inside your head, where the waveform is hard to determine and measure. From listening to that type of combination the beats sound much less pronounced, which has to make them much less effective in terms of a brainwave entrainment stimulus, compared to isochronic tones on their own.
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There are primarily three ways to elicit the frequency following response through an audio: binaural beats, monaural beats, and isochronic tones.  Binaural beats was the first method to be discovered, and has been used since the 80’s, after being first made known and popular by Robert Monroe of the Monroe Institute (the institute is still around today, though Mr. Monroe has passed away).  Binaural beats basically work in this way: one specific frequency/beat is played in one ear, let’s say, 1115 hz., while one slightly different frequency is played in the other at the same time, let’s say, 1120 hz.  What the brain will naturally do while exposed to these two frequencies in either ear is create its own “phantom” beat, that is the difference between the two frequencies.  In this case, it would be 5 hz., which is the frequency of the theta brainwave state.  Therefore, your brain would be led into the theta state.  At the same time, your brain working to combine these frequencies also ends up synchronizing its two hemispheres, and functioning in a whole-brained fashion while the listener is using the audio.
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Monaural beats have similarities to binaural beats, but the two separate frequencies are delivered through a pulse pattern and mixed before they reach the listeners ears, resulting in the advantage of being audible without stereo headphones. However, using stereo headphones intensifies the effectiveness of monaural beats and is recommended for the best effect.
The implications and potential benefits of brainwave entrainment technology are staggering, and a seemingly infinite amount of doors have been opened to be explored.  This technology is highly useful in the self-help/personal development field in a variety of ways.  It can also be used to enhance NLP and hypnosis recordings to make the mind more receptive to suggestion.  Brainwave entrainment can be applied to help people fall asleep, to improve focus and concentration, or to relax.  Recent and modern experiments are also being held to see if brainwave entrainment may help  to treat and/or cure mental “disorders” such as depression or ADD.  One of the most common and popular uses of brainwave entrainment is to effortlessly induce deep meditative states.
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Anxiety: In a review of brainwave entrainment research, there were several studies that investigated short-term stress relief as well as long-term stress or “burnout.” Several used modalities of auditory stimulation, while a couple used audio-visual entrainment. Those with heightened short-term stress and anxiety were undergoing medical treatments, experiencing addiction, and/or were just anxious adults.

Your brain operates at certain levels of activity – the normal waking, active Beta, the meditative Alpha, the asleep-and-dreaming or deep meditative Theta, and the deep sleep/unconscious Delta. Beta is characterized by one thing we all want to get away from – stress.But that brainwave state has its place. It’s the action mode, and that’s the way it should be! If we’re not alert when we’re awake, bad things can happen, right?
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Brainwave entrainment can enhance physical, emotional and mental healing. As a matter of fact, medical experts make use of different frequencies to assist patients who suffer from depression, attention deficit disorders, alcoholism, autism, poor self esteem as well as drug addiction. You could also make use of brainwave frequencies to alleviate migraines and headaches.
Initially the children were entrained to a mu-alpha rhythm (7 to 9 Hz) to decrease theta waves. After the initial mu-rhythm entrainment, they entrained SMR-beta waves for 22 minute sessions. The results as interpreted by TOVA demonstrated significant improvements in: inattentiveness, impulsivity, and variability. Teachers and parents also reported behavioral improvements among the children. Using the right brainwave entrainment protocol may be a potential Adderall alternative for those with attentional deficits.
Subsequently, the term 'entrainment' has been used to describe a shared tendency of many physical and biological systems to synchronize their periodicity and rhythm through interaction. This tendency has been identified as specifically pertinent to the study of sound and music generally, and acoustic rhythms specifically. The most ubiquitous and familiar examples of neuromotor entrainment to acoustic stimuli is observable in spontaneous foot or finger tapping to the rhythmic beat of a song.


Regular physical activity is important for people with diabetes because it helps insulin work better at lowering blood glucose levels, helps manage weight, is good for your heart and lungs, gives you more energy and improves overall fitness.

Before you start an exercise program (if you’re a couch potato) or significantly increase your exercise, be sure your health care provider has approved your plans.

About 30 minutes before you start to exercise, always check your blood sugar. Do this every time because exercise lowers blood sugar. If it is low before you start exercising, it could drop to a dangerously low level while exercising. If you’re taking insulin or meds that cause low blood sugar, you’ll also want to test during and after exercise as well.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest exercise recommendations for adults with diabetes are:

  • Get 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week, if you are generally fit and have no limiting health conditions. Activity should be rigorous enough to make you breathe harder and your heart pump faster. You’ll know if you are working hard enough if you can speak, but not sing, the words to a song. Examples of moderate aerobic exercise include walking fast, water aerobics, riding a bike, pushing a lawn mower or taking a dance class.
  • Work all major muscle groups at least two days a week, including the muscles of your legs, hips, back, abdomen/core area, chest, shoulders and arms. To gain fitness benefits, repeat the movement (such as lifting one weight or doing one sit-up) until you cannot do one more. Eight to 12 repetitions are considered one set. Always do one set and increase to two or three sets for even more fitness benefits. If you cannot do one set, move down to a lighter weight if you’re using hand-held weights (“free weights”). When you can do two or three sets, move up to a heavier weight. Start with two-pound weights and increase by two to three pounds as you grow stronger. You can also use resistance bands or floor exercises that use your body weight as resistance (push-ups or sit-ups are examples).
  • As an alternative to moderate activity, get 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity every week; and include the muscle-strengthening advice above. Vigorous activity means you are breathing hard and fast, breaking a sweat and your heart rate has gone up quite a bit. You won’t be able to speak more than a few words without pausing for a breath. Some examples include running, brisk jogging, swimming laps, singles tennis or playing basketball.

The two and a half hours of exercise per week can be broken into smaller chunks of time as long as they are at least 10 minutes in length. Like dieting, find an exercise plan that you can stick with.

What counts as exercise? Although all movement helps, for most adults, achieving fitness means 150 minutes of aerobic or “cardio” activity a week. When you’re comfortable with moderate-level activity, move to vigorous-intensity aerobic activities. A good transition is to mix moderate and vigorous activities. One minute of vigorous activity is about the same as two minutes of moderate activity. However, if you’re not physically able to get to a vigorous level, just increase moderate-level activity from 150 minutes a week to 300 minutes – that’s five hours a week or almost 45 minutes every day. Again, those 45 minutes can be divided into in three, 15-minute periods, such as a 15-minute walk after every meal.

Setting goals you can meet

The American Diabetes Association offers some great advice about changing your lifestyle to treat diabetes successfully.

Be willing to change. To be successful in changing your lifestyle and treating your diabetes, you must be willing to make changes and stay committed to them every day for the rest of your life. All the good advice in the world won’t help you if you’re not ready, willing and able to make changes.

Believe you can change. You must also believe in your ability to change your lifestyle.

Change must be important to you. Change must be personally important to you to actually make and maintain lifestyle changes. You must have good reasons to change. Take a moment and think about why eating healthy and getting physically fit are important to you. Be specific. If you’re prediabetic, do you want to keep from progressing to type 2 diabetes and having to take insulin shots? Maybe you want to live long enough to see your grandchildren grow up.

Write down your reasons. To be successful, pick one change you want to happen and break it into small steps. Pick a step that you are ready, willing and able to change, starting today. Leave the other parts of your lifestyle changes until later, when you have built up your confidence.

Choose one change in your eating habits and another in activity. For example, maybe you eat a bowl of ice cream every night while watching TV. Can you switch that ice cream to a healthier snack such as a piece of fruit or a small bowl of cereal? Can you take a 15-minute break from the TV and go for a walk?

For each goal, think about four things:

  1. How long will it take you to reach this goal? Keep it short.
  2. Can you realistically fit it into your regular daily life?
  3. Is it limited in scope? Be specific.
  4. How often will you do this?

These are examples of realistic goals:

  • Eating: For the next month (how long), four days each week (how often) I will eat two pieces of fruit a day — one at breakfast and one as an afternoon snack. (realistic and specific).
  • Physically active: For the next month (how long), four days each week (how often) I will take a 15-minute walk after lunch (realistic and specific).

Notice that the eating goals are not “I will eat more fruit” or “I will eat healthier.” The activity goal is not “I’ll walk more.” These goals aren’t specific like the examples above.

Set one to three goals at a time. Write them down. Put them in a place where you will see them often — on the refrigerator, your bathroom mirror, or in your purse or wallet. Practice these habits faithfully so you don’t slip back into your old habits. Don’t cheat on yourself and be patient with your progress. It will take months before your goals become your new lifestyle. If you aren’t successful meeting a goal, try again, revise your goals or choose easier ones. Once you achieve a goal, set new, specific goals that you are ready, willing and able to make, and you believe you can make.

The reward will be priceless – your life.


social media campaigns

Six basics of planning a paid social campaign

With GlobalWebIndex reporting that 93% of internet users have at least one social media account, therein lays a huge opportunity for marketers to target their audiences.

Advertising on social media is, of course, now widely utilised. With Econsultancy recently refreshing its Paid Social Media Advertising Best Practice Guide, let’s look at six specific areas for beginners to consider when designing a paid social campaign.

What are the best social media marketing campaigns of all time?

What are the best social media marketing campaigns of all time?

First of all, let me justify the use of the phrase ‘of all time’ by looking at Facebook specifically.

Facebook was available at Harvard in winter 2004 and then over time was extended to some other schools and institutions. In September 2006, anybody could join.

I was considered a late adopter at my university in the UK when I finally joined in early 2007. In late 2007, Facebook had 100,000 business pages.

Ten years on from The Facebook’s foundation (and remember MySpace launched earlier, in August 2003), we’re looking at a form of media that is truly mature.

In the last ten years Facebook has gone from this…

10 of the best social media campaigns from 2012

Measuring the efficacy of social media marketing still isn’t an exact science, regardless of what the gurus and ninjas tell you.

So how can we whittle all the thousands of social campaigns we’ve seen this year down to a definitive list of the ’10 best of 2012′?

Do we gauge it on the number of new fans acquired, retweets, ROI, YouTube views, the number of people it reached, sentiment analysis, the amount of traffic it drove or maybe the number of new brand advocates it created?

The answer is any of the above and any number of other social metrics, so for this list I’ve instead gone for the campaigns that I found to be most memorable, innovative, or downright funny.

I don’t expect anyone to totally agree with my list, and I’d love to hear your nominations in the comments section…


San Francisco

Five Years In, Sit/Lie Law May Come Under Review

Five years after it was passed by 54 percent of San Francisco voters and went on the city's books, the "sit/lie" ordinance, which allows city police to cite people for sitting on the street, might be coming under review.

A recent Department of Justice statement called into question the constitutionality of a sit/lie law in Boise, ID, designed largely as a measure to curtail visible homelessness. According to the statement, "Plaintiffs argue that criminalizing public sleeping in a city without adequate shelter space constitutes criminalizing homelessness itself, in violation of the Eighth Amendment."

As a result, the law has been brought back into the spotlight with potential implications for San Francisco, and particularly the Upper Haight, as pointed out by SFist.

Sit/lie was largely intended as a legal tool to allow police to physically move homeless men and women off the streets and sidewalks. As part of the law, officers are required to warn offenders to move along before citing them, and to provide information on social services that can help them get off the streets.

The SFPD district that deploys sit/lie most often is Park District, home of the Haight. The results have been mixed, and include an early, perceived "spillover" effect from displacing homeless people out of the Haight, or off of Haight Street and into the Alvord Lake area.

At its best, Sit/Lie in theory allows the police to move disruptive people away from technically public spaces, like the sidewalks in front of storefronts or people's front steps, and keeps public areas from getting rowdy.

But a recent 48 Hills article by Haight resident Calvin Welch examined Sit/Lie on its fifth anniversary, calling it a bald political maneuver that failed as a solution for homelessness. According to the numbers cited by Welch, homelessness in the Haight was actually at an all-time low when Gavin Newsom began moving forward sit/lie legislation.

Welch also argues that most of San Francisco's current homeless population is on the street not by choice, but because of skyrocketing rents. According to the city's 2015 Homeless Count, 71 percent of SF's homeless were city residents before they became homeless (an increase from 61 percent in 2013), and 61 percent cite either high housing costs or lack of money to move as the reason for their homelessness. Meanwhile, the number of homeless people residing outdoors has risen, from 28 percent in 2011 to 46 percent in 2015.

(As a comparison to other types of anti-homelessness efforts, between five and six years ago Sit/Lie and other "disincentive measures" eclipsed the city's Housing First Program and other efforts to rehabilitate or house the homeless.)

Over the years there have been numerous articles and reviews of the law's efficacy, especially in the Haight, where its use is most prevalent. As of the time of this posting we have been unable to reach SFPD's Park Station Captain John Sanford for comment as to how a decrease in sit/lie citations might affect the Haight.

Meanwhile, the fate of sit/lie laws in San Francisco and elsewhere remains uncertain. The DOJ's article is still strictly a "statement," calling for further investigation, with the conclusion that:

"If the Court finds that it is impossible for homeless individuals to secure shelter space on some nights because no beds are available, no shelter meets their disability needs, or they have exceeded the maximum stay limitations, then the Court should also find that enforcement of the ordinances under those circumstances criminalizes the status of being homeless and violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution."

In other words, for sit/lie to be constitutional, the city would have to provide indoor sleeping arrangements for every homeless person in the city.

At the earliest, no implications would be coming down the line for San Francisco until the DOJ decides on the Boise case.

With a potential legal review in the works, it's time for another checkup: is Sit/Lie working for the Haight? What would happen if it became unenforceable? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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SCMD Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Morphological Database
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Keywords: (ex. rad52, polarisome)

Sortable ORF Parameter Sheet

Parameter Name:ACV7-1_A1B
Stain Type:Actin
Nucleus Status:A1B
Parameter Type:Coefficient of Variation
Description:Actin region size in mother cell on nucleus A1B
Definition:Actin region size in mother cell on nucleus A1B
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ORF Std. Name ACV7-1_A1B
YGL096w TOS8 0.596
Target of SBF
YDR505c PSP1 0.596
high-copy suppressor of cdc17 DNA polymerase alpha mutations
YLL056c 0.597
Protein of unknown function, transcription is activated by paralogous transcription factors Yrm1p and Yrr1p along with genes involved in multidrug resistance
YBR092c PHO3 0.597
acid phosphatase
YNL302c RPS19B 0.597
ribosomal protein S19B (rp55B) (S16aB) (YS16B)
YPL066w 0.597
Hypothetical ORF
YNR018w 0.598
Hypothetical ORF
YMR177w MMT1 0.598
mitochondrial metal transporter (putative)
YDL183c 0.598
Hypothetical ORF
YCR025c 0.598
Hypothetical ORF
YJR070c LIA1 0.598
Protein that binds to the C-terminal domain of Hyp2p (eIF5A); has four to five HEAT-like repeats
YPL264c 0.598
Hypothetical ORF
YIL085c KTR7 0.598
Putative mannosyltransferase of the KRE2 family
YGR292w MAL12 0.598
YOR024w 0.598
Hypothetical ORF
YDR314c 0.599
Hypothetical ORF
YOR369c RPS12 0.599
ribosomal protein S12
YPR138c MEP3 0.599
NH4+ transporter
YPL096w PNG1 0.599
YOR172w YRM1 0.599
zinc finger transcription factor
YOR227w 0.599
Hypothetical ORF
YDR199w 0.599
Hypothetical ORF
YIL010w DOT5 0.599
Nuclear thiol peroxidase which functions as an alkyl-hydroperoxide reductase during post-diauxic growth
YOR037w CYC2 0.599
Mitochondrial protein required for normal abundance of mitochondrial cytochrome c (Cyc1p) and for mitochondrial osmotic stability; may be involved in regulating the activity of cytochrome c heme lyase (Cyc3p); potential Cdc28p substrate
YOL108c INO4 0.599
basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein
YCR063w BUD31 0.599
Protein involved in bud-site selection: diploid mutants display a random budding pattern instead of the wild-type bipolar pattern
YGR096w TPC1 0.599
mitochondrial thiamine pyrophosphate transporter
YCR062w 0.599
This ORF is a part of YCR061W
YDR135c YCF1 0.599
Vacuolar glutathione S-conjugate transporter of the ATP-binding cassette family, has a role in detoxifying metals such as cadmium, mercury, and arsenite; also transports unconjugated bilirubin; similar to human cystic fibrosis protein CFTR
YJL175w 0.599
Hypothetical ORF
YHR203c RPS4B 0.600
ribosomal protein S4B (YS6) (rp5) (S7B)
YPL212c PUS1 0.600
tRNA pseudouridine synthase
YFL048c EMP47 0.600
47 kDa type I transmembrane protein localized to the Golgi
YDL081c RPP1A 0.600
Ribosomal protein P1 alpha, a component of the ribosomal stalk, which is involved in the interaction between translational elongation factors and the ribosome: accumulation of P1 in the cytoplasm is regulated by phosphorylation and interaction with the P2 stalk component
YDR344c 0.600
Hypothetical ORF
YML001w YPT7 0.600
Gtp-binding protein of the rab family: required for homotypic fusion event in vacuole inheritance, for endosome-endosome fusion, and for fusion of endosomes to vacuoles when expressed from high copy plasmid: GTP-binding protein, rab family
YDR057w YOS9 0.600
membrane-associated glycoprotein
YDR137w RGP1 0.600
Ric1p-Rgp1p is an exchange factor, and peripheral membrane protein complex restricted to the Golgi.
YDR019c GCV1 0.600
T subunit of the mitochondrial glycine decarboxylase complex, required for the catabolism of glycine to 5,10-methylene-THF: expression is regulated by levels of levels of 5,10-methylene-THF in the cytoplasm
YPR116w 0.601
Hypothetical ORF
YGR015c 0.601
Hypothetical ORF
YDR069c DOA4 0.601
Ubiquitin hydrolase, required for recycling ubiquitin from proteasome-bound ubiquitinated intermediates, acts at the late endosome/prevacuolar compartment to recover ubiquitin from ubiquitinated membrane proteins en route to the vacuole
YOR355w GDS1 0.601
Protein of unknown function, required for growth on glycerol as a carbon source
YLR388w RPS29A 0.601
ribosomal protein S29A (S36A) (YS29)
YMR145c NDE1 0.601
Mitochondrial external NADH dehydrogenase, catalyzes the oxidation of cytosolic NADH: Nde1p and Nde2p are involved in providing the cytosolic NADH to the mitochondrial respiratory chain
YOR219c STE13 0.601
Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase, Golgi integral membrane protein that cleaves on the carboxyl side of repeating -X-Ala- sequences, required for maturation of alpha factor, transcription is induced by a-factor
YLR254c 0.601
Hypothetical ORF
YEL008w 0.601
Hypothetical ORF
YOL105c WSC3 0.601
contains novel cysteine motif|integral membrane protein (putative)|similar to SLG1 (WSC1), WSC2 and WSC4
YNL078w NIS1 0.602
Protein localized in the bud neck at G2/M phase: physically interacts with septins: possibly involved in a mitotic signaling network


Developing your writing style takes time. Once you develop it, it will change as you progress as a writer. You’ll have a variety of cadences in your writing arsenal. Unlike grammar, there are no rules when it comes to your writing style other than making the writing style your own.

Whether you're new to this or true to this, developing your writing style is a process.

Write On,


Does hydrogen exists as a gas, liquid, and solid within Jupiter?

1 Answer
Apr 18, 2017

It exists as a gas, liquid and in its very strange metallic form.

Hydrogen definitely exists as a gas on Jupiter - it makes up about 90% of the atmosphere. There is then a sea if liquid hydrogen around 1000km down but then, bizarrely, there is a layer of metallic hydrogen 20,000km down. Here, the hydrogen atoms have lost their electrons so that they exist as protons in a sea of delocalised (away from atoms of origin) electrons. Subsequently, the hydrogen has an extensive magnetic field. However, this is thought to be liquid.

No one is entirely sure about the core of Jupiter, but it is thought it could be rocky with some hydrogen. Perhaps there is solid hydrogen there, but we don't know. It also gets very hot close to the core (due to the metallic hydrogen) so it seems unlikely as hydrogen needs a chilly 14K to freeze.

There's still lots to find out!


Problem background and definition essay

Of course, it can be quite a challenging task but with the help of various recommendations and case study examples, you will be able to complete the assignment in a blink of an eye! A case study is a task, which aims to teach the student how to analyze the causes and consequences of an event or activity by creating its role model. Such assignments show how complexities may influence various decisions and that is what makes case studies so important.

Problem background and definition essay

Essay Introductions Write an introduction that interests the reader and effectively outlines your arguments. Every essay or assignment you write must begin with an introduction.

It might be helpful to think of the introduction as an inverted pyramid. In such a pyramid, you begin by presenting a broad introduction to the topic and end by making a more focused point about that topic in your thesis statement. The introduction has three essential parts, each of which serves a particular purpose.

Problem background and definition essay

You also want to do that in a way that is fresh and original. Instead, you might try one of the following techniques: Offer a surprising statistic that conveys something about the problem to be addressed in the paper.

Perhaps you can find an interesting quote that nicely sums up your argument. Use rhetorical questions that place your readers in a different situation in order to get them thinking about your topic in a new way.

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If you have a personal connection to the topic, you might use an anecdote or story to get your readers emotionally involved. For example, if you were writing a paper about drunk drivers, you might begin with a compelling story about someone whose life was forever altered by a drunk driver: Attending college on a track scholarship, she was earning good grades and making lots of friends.

This section helps the reader see why you are focusing on this topic and makes the transition to the main point of your paper. Therefore, you need to bridge the gap between your attention-grabber and your thesis with some transitional discussion. In this part of your introduction, you narrow your focus of the topic and explain why the attention-grabber is relevant to the specific area you will be discussing.

You should introduce your specific topic and provide any necessary background information that the reader would need in order to understand the problem that you are presenting in the paper.

You can also define any key terms the reader might not know. Continuing with the example above, we might move from the narrative about Michelle to a short discussion of the scope of the problem of drunk drivers. We might say, for example: Each year XX number of lives are lost due to drunk-driving accidents.

This effectively moves the reader from the story about Michelle to your real topic, which might be the need for stricter penalties for drinking and driving. Finally, the introduction must conclude with a clear statement of the overall point you want to make in the paper.

In this scenario, your thesis would be the point you are trying to make about drunk driving. You might be arguing for better enforcement of existing laws, enactment of stricter penalties, or funding for education about drinking and driving. Whatever the case, your thesis would clearly state the main point your paper is trying to make.

This gives the reader a general sense of how you will organize the different points that follow throughout the essay. In constructing an introduction, make sure the introduction clearly reflects the goal or purpose of the assignment and that the thesis presents not only the topic to be discussed but also states a clear position about that topic that you will support and develop throughout the paper.Projects - write an essay about endangered animals.

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Working with lead generation teams in the past I have found that company size is one data element that is a bit harder to track than others. For instance, if you pull up a list of companies using the WhitePages or Manta you will likely end up with companies of all sizes and predominantly small business which make up 80% of businesses out there. Sorting through a list like that may be a hindrance if you plan to sell an enterprise solution costing over $10,000, say.
Because lead generation is the first step in the sales process, both quality and quantity are important factors. Quality leads are leads that a salesperson has a good chance of closing, which means they must at least have the potential to become customers. Every lead list will have a number of junk leads – people who are not qualified to buy the product for some reason – but the smaller the percentage of bad leads, the less time salespeople will waste while processing that list. Quantity is also important because even a salesperson with a list of 100% good leads won't be able to close every one of them. A salesperson with 100 good leads might be able to make 10 appointments, out of which 4 will close the sale. Therefore, if a salesperson has a quota of 40 sales per month, she will need 1000 good leads per month just to make the minimum required number of sales.


Surf Sitters

Why didn’t I have a sitter like that!

ANOUK RAAPHORST CAME TO ARUBA for a vacation and never left. To make a living, she started making souvenirs out of pottery and shells and sold them at the pool side of hotels. There the tall blond from Holland attracted attention as kids and parents flocked to see her goods. Seeing her natural interaction with the kids, parents began asking her to babysit during their stay. It wasn’t long before she got so busy that she needed help from friends and stopped making souvenirs altogether.

A year ago, the twenty-nine-year-old Anouk windsurfed for the first time and fell for the sport. She began spending more and more of her time on the beach at Fisherman’s Huts. There she met a totally different set of people:  windsurfing parents. “Being on the water without a thing to worry about is really important to them,” Anouk described her new found clientele. “Most of them come to Aruba just to windsurf and appreciate so much going on the water and not worrying about their kids. For the parents, windsurfing together, sort of like old times before the kids came, is a luxury.”

As for the kids, Anouk describes them as mostly “little daredevils”. “They already look like little windsurfers with their pieces of lycra, hats, and sunglasses. They want to copy their parents and it’s amazing how well four-year-olds can balance themselves on boards and pull up 1.0 sails. They can’t wait to be old enough to windsurf.” Knowing their kids are nearby, in good hands and enjoying themselves playing on similar boards is a great source of pleasure for the visiting parents. “This is just what the parents need to see in order to get on the water without any feeling of guilt and discomfort.”

Siri Bode, another recently indoctrinated windsurfer from Norway, has teamed up with Anouk since she arrived on the island with her boyfriend Paulo. The two were on sabbatical from the ski hills of Italy where they taught skiing and snowboarding. When they found their way to Aruba, they found it hard to move on.

Between Anouk and Siri, the two have created a solid support network in what seems to be a booming business. “We love kids and windsurfing!” explained the twenty-four-year-old Siri Bode. “What better way to spend your days near or on the water and provide something that parents really appreciate?”

Taking the kids on the water with a big board are the sitters’ specialty. Not only does this pass the time, “It is a great way to instill windsurfing in the kids who come here with their parents,” remarked Anouk at the end of a perfect and satisfying day.

Parents planning to vacation on Aruba can take note of this very special service. Booking in advance is highly recommended especially at the $8 an hour rate the sitters charge. Between the two sitters, a total of eight languages can be spoken. The best way to make your reservation is to call, 011-276-33501 or via email: —- or, by chance you’re on Aruba, just ask at Vela for the SurfSitters.

article and photos by John Chao

Publisher / Editor is a former photojournalist for GEO, National Geographic and Time-Life Magazines.


It’s no secret that North Korea is using hacker-based cyber operations to steal sensitive political and military intelligence and to attack ideological foes. But an analysis posted on 38 North notes Pyongyang’s increasing interest in using such “weapons of mass disruption” to generate revenue.

The respected specialist website on North Korea also says the nation’s hackers are showing increased interest in using bitcoin as a vehicle in their nefarious money-raising activities.

“Bitcoin provides attractive benefits to the isolated nation due to a lack of regulation and the ability to subvert international sanctions,” Adam Meyers, a recognized security and intelligence expert, wrote in the piece.

Meyers says a case in point is the so-called “WannaCry” hacker assaults in May 2017. He notes that the attacks involved encrypting sensitive material and holding the keys to decrypt the files for a ransom to be paid in bitcoin.

He says the attack had “North Korean fingerprints embedded in the code used to execute the attack, as did the tools that were used to develop that code.”

The best-known example of the North’s suspected use of cyber ops to generate revenue is the unauthorized transfers of funds from the Bangladesh Central Bank in early 2016, Meyers recounts.

“The attempted transfers amounting to over US$950 million sought to move funds to entities in locations such as Sri Lanka and the Philippines; ultimately US$81 million in funds disappeared into the ether,” the analyst said.

Same hacker codes

Meyers says what’s noteworthy is that traces of the executable codes used in the WannaCry attack also overlap with the codes used in the attacks against South Korean nuclear power plants and the Sony Pictures hack in 2014.

“North Korea is an exception to the classical understanding of how most nations implement offensive cyber operations in that they incorporate espionage, disruptive/destructive attacks and financially motivated operations using the same computer code and infrastructure,” Meyers said in his analysis.

He goes on to say that the value of cyber operations is likely recognized by North Korea’s top leaders — including military brass and Kim Jong-un.

The regime is also said to have an elaborate and highly specialized network of units charged with carrying out the attacks.

“Subordinate units, notably the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), Bureau 121, and the Command Automation Bureau (CAB), are likely responsible for executing the specific operations,” Meyers said. “The individual units may have a charter to self- finance their operations, or to contribute financial gains back to the regime, but it seems clear that various offensive operations are conducted by differing groups with their own approach and missions.”

“For example, one group may have a primary focus on revenue generation, targeting South Korean banks and SWIFT and conducting extortive attacks, while another group might focus on intelligence collection, while a third conducts sabotage and destructive attacks,” Meyers added.


The Inter-generational Workplace Presentation at the 2019 Canadian Elder Law Conference: Interview with Kirsten Hume Scrimshaw

Practice Point

By Sara Pon – Canadian Centre for Elder Law

We are grateful to you for putting together the panel on age discrimination. Can you describe your panel on the inter-generational workplace?

Our panel includes lawyers with experience to provide both employee and employer perspectives on a range of legal issues that arise in the “inter-generational workplace”.

Menachem Freedman from HHBG Lawyers will provide the “employee side” angle, covering:

  • the fundamentals of age discrimination;
  • how age affects the amount of notice an employer must provide on termination; and
  • the overlap between family status discrimination, age discrimination, and elder care.

As co-counsel on the recent family status decisions in Suen v. Envirocon Environmental Services, Menachem can give valuable insight into these issues. I will take on the role of giving more of an “employer-side” perspective, and will address:

  • the intersection between age discrimination and disability;
  • how to address retirement; and
  • other ways that inter-generational conflict can manifest in the workplace, such as dealing with bullying and harassment issues.

I’m also happy that Ashley Mitchell, a partner at Miller Thomson, will:

  • explain how the Human Rights Code treats pension and health benefits; and
  • provide practical tips on balancing the prohibition on age discrimination and implementing practical pension and health benefit plans.

Why do labour and employment lawyers need to understand aging issues?

The effect of the “aging workforce” has been a discussion in the labour and employment law community for some time. In 2008, the definition of “age” in the BC Human Rights Code was amended to effectively abolish mandatory retirement at age 65, and lawyers have been exploring and debating the effects of this change ever since.

Ultimately, as the proportion of older workers increases, employers and employees will be seeing more issues related to aging. Lawyers who advise them need to understand how age can affect so many different aspects of the employment relationship, such as:

  1. responding to performance issues;
  2. accommodating the medical or family care needs of older workers; and
  3. administering benefit plans when an insurer no longer covers employees over a certain age.

On the other side, why do elder law lawyers need to understand human rights law better?

In my experience, human rights issues in the workplace rarely arise in a vacuum. If a lawyer is advising an older worker, or a person who has recently left the paid workforce, it’s important to understand the scope of the employee’s rights and the employer’s obligations to ensure fair treatment. Discrimination on the basis of age can overlap with a variety of other legal issues. For example, if a lawyer is advising a client on estate planning issues following retirement, they should be alive to the possibility that the employee has been prematurely pushed out of employment due to age discrimination. If assisting a family in caring for an older relative, the lawyer needs to be aware of the duty to accommodate certain family care obligations. Discrimination on the basis of age, sex, disability (mental or physical) and family status frequently intersect.

What would you say is the most pressing legal issue facing older adults who are engaging in paid employment?

Like many areas of the law, one of the real hurdles in addressing age discrimination in employment is proof. Older employees who are terminated without cause might subjectively believe that the underlying reason for the decision is their advancing age, but finding evidence that age played a role in the decision to terminate can be extremely difficult.

Do you see a lot of recorded human rights decisions involving older complainants? If not, why?

The statistics I’ve reviewed from the BC Human Rights Tribunal show that the number of complaints filed on the basis of age is low, compared with other grounds of discrimination. For example, in 2018-19, the most common ground included in a complaint was disability (at 46%), whereas complaints based on age were the least common, at 6%. Then, when you realise that less than half the complaints sent to the Tribunal are accepted for filing, and about half of those are settled, there simply are not many age-related complaints that proceed to a hearing. In 2018-19, there were only 4 final decisions from the Tribunal that were decided on the basis of age discrimination.

I would be speculating to explain why there are so few age-related complaints. However, when reflecting on my own experience in providing workplace law advice, I believe it again comes back to the difficulties in proving the nexus between the discrimination and the employee’s age. Also, where there is an overlap between various grounds of discrimination, such as age and disability, or age and family status, it can often be easier to find evidence to show a decision was based on the employee’s disability or family status than age, so it is more likely the complainant will pursue the alternative ground of discrimination.

You represent a mix of complainants and respondents, which is not common in labour and human rights law. How does that experience impact your practice?

Yes, although I focus my work on representing employers, I do represent employees as well, which I think is an important way to ensure I provide my clients with comprehensive advice. Thinking through a legal issue from both sides gives valuable insight into different strategies and problem-solving approaches. If I’m advising a complainant, I understand the business pressures on their employer, as well as some of the common errors employers make (even when they are well-intentioned). For my employer clients, I can come up with more creative solutions to accommodation issues, based on what I’ve heard from previous complainants and based on successful approaches from other cases.

Are there any particular ethical or practice issues that lawyers need to watch out for in working with clients facing age discrimination in the workplace?

One of the key practice issues in human rights law is managing client expectations. I find that employers can be caught off-guard on just how broad their duty to accommodate can be. Some might not even realise that it’s not legal to force mandatory retirement at a certain age. On the flip side, when advising complainants, it is important for them to understand what legal remedies are actually available to them, because someone might have a sense of being wronged, but the Tribunal isn’t able to make the order they want.

What Canadian Elder Law Conferences sessions are you most excited about this year?

I am really looking forward to getting a broader understanding of elder law issues in general, but if I had to pick one, I would say that the session on use of cannabis on long-term care homes looks fascinating, and I expect it will have some common issues with debates on use of cannabis in the workplace.

Canadian Elder Law Conference

The Canadian Elder Law Conference 2019, entitled Bridging the Gap: Elder Law for Everyone will be taking place from November 14-15, 2019 in Vancouver, BC. Kirsten’s presentation, The Inter-generational Workplace, will take place on Day 2 of the conference, Friday, November 15, from 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm.


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Importance of travel writing for youngsters

TNN | Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011

The importance of travel writing for youngsters

In what ways does travelling help youngsters? “Travelling is a part of education, part of learning. Youngsters must be aware of the infinite points of views, of the diversity of the world,” said Fredric Tinguely, director, department of French literature and language, University of Geneva, who himself has travelled to more than 50 countries.

Travelling, which was earlier for a privileged few, has today become open for all. “Back in the olden days, travelling was not just physical movement from one place to another but it was dangerous as well. A lot of people embarked on various journeys but could never make it back alive,” informed Tinguely.

He further explained that travelling back then was always co-related with time as it implied going away for months or years. “Whenever travellers travelled, communicating their experiences to people back home was always a challenging task. Thus they developed their own way of travel description,” stated Tinguely.

By the 1950s, a major shift had taken place. Travelling had become easier. The planes and trains were already in use by then, but the concept of travel itself had changed with the emergence of tourism as an industry. Tinguely observed, “When people travelled as tourists they would hardly interact with the locals. Thus they developed only a superficial understanding of a place.”

Over the period of time, the concept of time and travel itself changed. People would read travelogues and accounts of travel writers and would travel to far off places without actually being physically present there.

Pointing out that the future of travel writing lies in the web, Tinguely said, “I feel that the best travel writing has been written by people from the location. New modes of communication have developed that are helping in developing a deeper understanding of travel writing. People will continue to write about their travel experiences either in the form of blogs or diary entries. However, through the internet, one cannot just write about their experience but also post pictures and videos giving viewers a deeper experience of travel writing.”

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Once upon a time in Mount Kailas, Parvati closed the eyes of Lord Siva with her hands. Thereupon the sun, moon and fire did not shine forth. This caused terrible havoc in the world. All were enveloped by darkness for a long period. Lord Siva opened His third eye a bit. The sun, moon and fire began to shine again and all darkness vanished.
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